Une étude inédite publiée dans la revue Nature a établi un lien entre feux de forêts et efflorescences algales à des milliers de kilomètres. Les nuages de fumée et de cendres des incendies sauvages qui ont ravagé l’Australie en 2019 et 2020 ont déclenché des efflorescences algales dans l’océan Austral
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With the directive n°2019/904 of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment, known as the SUP (single-use plastics) directive, a new step has been taken in the fight against plastics. The initial observation is overwhelming: the European Union would dump, every year,
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The European Parliament has endorsed by a large majority the end in the European Union of single-use plastic products that pollute the oceans from 2021 On 1 January 2021, Europe could be the first continent to ban disposable plastic objects. Cotton buds, straws, swabs
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Plastic waste is a growing problem: plastics production is set to double over the next decade and, without planning for effective waste management, the social, economic and environmental impact is also expected to increase. We are now faced with plastic pollution of the oceans that
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UN Environment launches a global campaign, 1TP3CleanOceans, to end marine litter. More than 8 million tonnes of plastic are dumped into the oceans every year - the equivalent of one plastic dumpster dumped every minute. Ten countries are already members of the
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Ce vendredi 1er juillet 2016 a signé la fin des sacs en plastique à usage unique aux caisses des magasins français. Un progrès à saluer quand on sait que sur plus de 300 millions de tonnes de plastique produites chaque année dans le monde, une partie se déverse dans l’océan, entraînant
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Did you know that more than 150 million tonnes of plastic waste floats on the oceans (1) and that the mass of this waste could double by 2050? The use of plastics increased 20-fold in the second half of the 20th century and is expected to double again over the next 20 years.
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Researchers from the "7th Continent Expedition" team have just demonstrated for the first time in the world that microplastics break down to become nano particles. No ocean is untouched by the massive presence of plastics that carry endocrine disruptors, heavy metals, pollutants and are so many traps for
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Lorsque l’on pense à la pollution de l’océan par le plastique, viennent immédiatement en tête ces images d’intestins d’oiseaux de mer remplis de briquets ou de bouchons, de mammifères marins s’étouffant dans des filets de pêche ou encore de sacs dérivant à la manière d’une masse gélatineuse. L’an passé, une
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